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Round 2 of Storms On the Way

Weather Watch 4 Meteorologist Demetrius Ivory has the latest on the next round of storms coming this afternoon on top of the flooding already.

Updated: 2:52 PM EDT Jul 10, 2013

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Round 2 of Storms On the Way

Weather Watch 4 Meteorologist Demetrius Ivory has the latest on the next round of storms coming this afternoon on top of the flooding already.

Updated: 2:52 PM EDT Jul 10, 2013

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Round 2 of Storms On the Way

Weather Watch 4 Meteorologist Demetrius Ivory has the latest on the next round of storms coming this afternoon on top of the flooding already.

Updated: 2:52 PM EDT Jul 10, 2013

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WEBVTT 911 CENTER. WANT TO BRING IN DEMETRIUS IVORY BACK IN THE MIX BECAUSE WE JUST HEARD CITY OFFICIALS ENCOURAGING BOSSES IN THE SOUTH HILLS TO LET THEIR EMPLOYEES GO BECAUSE OF ROUND TWO OF THIS STORM. BECAUSE OF ROUND TWO COMING OUR WAY. WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE HEAVY RAIN. CERTAINLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COMING OUR WAY. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD POTENTIALLY HIT THE EXACT SAME AREAS. WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IN THE FORECAST. WE ARE EXPECTING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. NOT NECESSARILY ACROSS THE SAME AREAS WHICH SAW THE FLOODING. FINGERS CROSSED. HOPING TO START TO SEE THE RAIN SPREADING OUT ACROSS OTHER PARTS OF THE REGION. SOUTH HILLS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, DOPPLER ESTIMATED 4 INCHES OF RAIN THERE. EXTREME SOUTHERN BEAVER COUNTY, DOPPLER ESTIMATED 3 INCHES THERE, AND ALSO ONCE YOU GET NEAR THE MON VALLEY, CLOSE TO 3 INCHES WHERE WE'VE SEEN MUCH OF THAT DAMAGE AND ALL THE DEVASTATING PICTURES TODAY. WE ARE EXPECTING HEAVY DOWNPOURS, NOT NECESSARILY IN THOSE RIVERS. EITHER WAY, BOTTOM LINE, ALL NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR MORE RAIN TO HIT EACH NEIGHBORHOOD IN THAT REGION. WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE LIVE PINPOINT DOPPLER 4 NETWORK, RAIN AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOMERSET COUNTY CONTINUING TO PRESS SOUTH AND EAST, THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR US THERE. FUTURECAST DOES INDICATE A CALMER, DRIER AFTERNOON, AND WE STILL HAVE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA SHADED IN RED THERE, AND WE HAVE THAT FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL THE AREAS SHADED IN GREEN. HERE'S CHANNEL 4'S ACTION CAM. NOW WE'LL GET MORE INTO THE FORECAST AND WHAT'S COMING OUR WAY. I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS SHOT FROM SKY 4. WE HAVE SKY 4 WHICH IS CONTINUING TO FLY LIVE OVER THE CITY, OVER THE AREA, AND NOW WE'RE GETTING SOME SUNSHINE, FOLKS. THIS IS NOT GOOD NEWS. IMAGINE THIS. ALL THIS WATER THAT'S SITTING ON THE GROUND THERE. WE'RE STARTING TO GET SOME SUNSHINE. THIS IS CLARITON, SKY 4 IN CLARITYON, ALL THIS WATER SIGNATURE ON THE GROUND AND ALL THAT. IT'S GOING TO BE FUEL ONCE YOU GET SOME MORE SUNSHINE FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP SO WE HAVE A SATURATED SURFACE. WE HAVE A FLOODED GROUND ACROSS MUCH OF OUR REGION, AND NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO SOME SUNSHINE. JUST GENERAL INSTABILITY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IT'S GOING TO COMPOUND OUR STORM THREAT LATER TODAY. WE HAVE TO MOVE TOWARDS CLEANING ALL THE AREAS AND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS SAFE FOR OUR FRIENDS WHO SAW THE FLOODING TODAY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AHEAD. I THINK THE FORECAST THAT SOME OF THE OFFICIALS GAVE THERE WAS PRETTY SPOT ON. EXPECTING MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO POP UP AROUND 2:00 P.M. PROBABLY STARTING TO GET STRONG AROUND RUSH HOUR BUT CONTINUING WELL, I THINK, UNTIL WELL AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN THIS EVENING. 79 DEGREES THE CURRENT TEMPERATURES. ONCE THOSE TEMPS REACH THE LOWER 80s, THAT'S WHEN WE THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH FUEL TO SEE MORE THUNDERSTORMS POP UP. A COLD FRONT COMING OUR WAY. THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE THE TRIGGER, EVEN IF WE DON'T SEE THE SCATTERED HEAT OF THE DAY THUNDERSTORMS. IT ALL KIND OF WORKS TO SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY IS GOING TO TURN OUT A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THIS MORNING. 73 DEGREES IS YOUR CURRENT TEMPERATURE IN BUTLER AND 79 IN PITTSBURGH. 77 IN WASHINGTON. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS NEW. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT ACTUALLY UNTIL 8:00 P.M. IT'S BEEN ISSUED BY THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND AREAS IN PINK, FOR ALLEGHENY COUNTY ALSO. THINKING ABOUT GETTING SOMEBODY HOME, YOURSELF HOME AND GETTING CLEANED UP, LATE THEY ARE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS, AND WE COULD BE LOOKING AT STRONG GUSTY WIND AND HAIL AND, OF COURSE, HEAVY RAIN. HERE'S THE FRONT. NOTICE THIS THING TAKING SHAPE. THIS IS NOT THE RUN OF THE MILL THING. IT'S A STRONG FRONT THAT WILL COME THROUGH, AND WE CERTAINLY THINK IT WILL KICK UP STRONG THUNDERSTORMS INTO THIS AFTERNOON. FUTURECAST SHOWS THE HEAVIEST RAIN COULD BE SOUTH OF PITTSBURGH, AGAIN, BY 3:00 P.M. REMEMBER THE AREAS THAT SAW THE WORST OF THE FLOODING RIGHT HERE. AS WE GET ON INTO THE LATTER PORTION OF THIS EVENING, THOSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RACE THROUGH. WE FINALLY BEGIN TO DRY OUT EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. THAT'S WHEN THE FRONT PRESSES SOUTH AND EAST OF US. IF YOU ASK ME, THAT'S THE BEST TIME TO GET OUTSIDE AND MAKE SURE YOU START TO DO SOME OF THAT CLEANING, BUT YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO BE CAUGHT OUTSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS THAT WILL COME THROUGH WILL MEAN BUSINESS. TODAY'S HIGH TEMPERATURE 89 DEGREES AND TONIGHT WE FALL BACK DOWN TO SHOWERS FOR YOUR EARLY THURSDAY AND MUCH DESERVED AND MUCH NEEDED SUNSHINE, IF YOU ASK ME. 80 ON FRIDAY AND DRY FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND.